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Summary

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the nationwide "Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace" program.

The program offers cash to citizens who anonymously surrender firearms, including $430 for revolvers, $1,200 for AK-47s, and $1,300 for machine guns.

The weapons will be destroyed.

The program, expanded from a 2019 Mexico City initiative, aims to combat violent crime, with firearms responsible for 70% of Mexico’s 31,062 homicides in 2023.

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[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Step 1. Buy ~$500 AR15

Step 2. Sell said AR15 for $1300 to the government

Step 3. Buy 2 ~$500 PSA AR15s

Step 4. Sell them to the government for $2600

...

Step11. Buy 32 ~$500 AR15s

Step 12. Sell them to the government for $41600

...

Step 25. Buy 16,384 ~$500 AR15s

Step 26. Sell them to the government for $21.3M

...

Step 39. Buy 2,097,152 ~$500 AR15s

Step 40. Sell them to the government for $2.7B

...

Continue until Mexico has run out of money

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Step 1. Buy ~$500 AR15

From where?

If you're in Mexico it would make more sense as the seller to sell it for the $1300.

If you're in the states, are you going to travel to and smuggle to Mexico?

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

You always hear about these programs creating the wrong incentives. Soon enough, it’s easier to set up an AR15 factory and just start producing them so you can sell them to the government.

Georgia had program to try to cut down on the number of wild hogs that were overpopulated. So, they paid people a price per tail. Soon enough, you had people breeding wild hogs, so they could kill them and get the bounty.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never found a more intelligent loaf of bread

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

He's certainly on the level of Bernd das brot

Calm down, Mr. Soros